²⁶ and the temple servants^(A) living on Ophel^(B) made repairs opposite the Water Gate^(C) toward the east and the tower that juts out.

8 all the people gathered together^(A) at the square in front of the Water Gate.^(B) They asked the scribe Ezra^(C) to bring the book of the law of Moses^(D) that the Lord had given Israel.